My quarrel is not with you

Posted by Suman on Feb 05, 2023

It may seem like my words are attacking you.

It may seem like deep down I am judging you.

It may seem like I am being contemptuous.

But I must reveal wholeheartedly.

My quarrel is not with you.


I was like you once.

Going with the flow of life, living a good life.

Going through struggles when needed,

nudging and complaining when not.

But that seems like so long ago.


Like a dream long forgotten,

a sleep long shaken out of.


I do not care if you are still living that life.

I do not care if you are still dreaming while asleep.

I do not care if you want me to care.

As my quarrel is not with you.


Some of my words may have shown you great promise or hope.

They may have been enticing or dreadful.

They may have made you think

that I am some superior breed or entity.

They may have made you think you

need to do something different than what you are already doing.


While these thoughts, tendencies, and concerns of yours

are Yours to understand,

allow me to remind or reveal to you,

my quarrel is not with you.


At times it may have seemed like I am making fun of someone or something.

Or that I am imposing one-sided superiority over everything else.

But stopping at such interpretation

is merely stopping at the "first impression" of what you read, received,

found, or were told.

Because what it seems, it never is.

And what it IS, it can never be.

So I must make it clear,

My quarrel is not with you.


No, my quarrel is not with you.

But this does not imply

that I am your friend or ally.

Or that I am with you

on your side.


No, my quarrel is not with you.

But this does not mean

that I am going to ease up.

Or take back what I said.

Or that what I said,

was not True.


Rest assured,

my quarrel is not with you.


Thank you.